Coat-front.



M.' WEBER.

COAT FRONT- APPLICATION FILED APR. 23, 1915.

Patehted Sept. 26, 1916.

MORRIS WEBER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

GOAT-FRONT.

Application filed April 23, 1915.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, MORRIS WEBER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city and State of New York, county of Kings, and borough of Brooklyn, (whose post-office address is 287 Thatford avenue, Brooklym) have invented a new and useful Improvement in Coat-Fronts, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a suitable coat front to go between the front and lining of a coat to stiffen the same and enable the coat to properly fit the wearer and yet hold its shape. These and other objects are accomplished by my invention, one embodiment of which is hereinafter set forth.

For a more particular description of my invention, reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, in which Figure 1 is an outside view of my improved coat front; Fig. 2 is an inside view of an upper portion of the same, parts being removed to show the construction; Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows; Fig. 4: is a sectional view taken on the line 1-4 of Fig. 2, looking in the direction of the arrows; and Fig. 5 is an inside view of the interlining.

Throughout the several views of the drawing, similar reference characters designate similar parts.

My improved coat front 1 has a buckram body 2 composed of an upper section 3 and a lower section 4: united by a seam 5 running on a bias downward from the arm pit 20, with a certain amount of fullness so as to make a suitable breast, so that when the front is complete and placed in a coat, the coat will properly fit the wearer and hold its shape. This seam 5 makes possible the fullness 6 above mentioned, which makes possible this result.'

To the lower front edge of the body 2 is secured a suitable strip of lining 7 which is secured by stitches 8 in the conventional manner. Next to the body portions 3 and 4 and covering the seam 5 and the fullness 6 is the interlining 9 which is preferably cut substantially in the shape shown and made of hair cloth and canvas held together by suitable stitches 10 and a tape 11, which is secured by suitable stitches 12. -This inter- Oopies of this patent may be obtained for Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 26, 1916.

Serial No. 23,319.

lining 9 is secured to the body 1 by means of suitable stitches 13 passing near its boundary and diagonally disposed stitches 14 which are secured to one of the seam edges adjacent to the stitches 5 and do not pass through theface of the front 1. The stitches 13 and 14 also pass through the felt or cotton batting 15 which is laid on the interlining 9 and in addition the felt 15 is secured by stitches 16 to the interlining prior to the placing of the interlining 9 on the body 2. Near the top of the part 3 is cut a slit 17 with its edges separated and to this is secured a gore 18 by suitable stitches 19, so as to give the top the requisite fullness.

Inthe preferred embodiment of my invention, the felt 15 extends beyond the arm pit 20 and the lapel 21 is not reinforced. This is the preferred embodiment of my invention, but it is understood that the structure will be more or less modified according to the use to which the coat front 1 is to be put. 4

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A coat front having a body composed of two members united by a seam running diagonally and downwardly from the arm pit each part having fullness on each side of the seam, an interlining secured to said body portion and felt secured to said body portion andinterlining.

2. In a device of the class described, a body portion having two parts united by a diagonally disposed seam running downwardly from the arm-pit, the said parts being full on each side of the seam, and an interlining secured at parts of its edge to said body portion and adjacent to said seam.

3. A coat front havinga body portion with two parts out on a bias and united by a seam, and provided with full portions on each side of said seam, stitches 16, an interlining secured to said body portion adjacent to said seam and a felt secured to said body portion and interlining adjacent to said seam and to the interlining by the stitches 16.

Signed at the city of New York, county of and State of New York, this 19 day of April, 1915.

MORRIS WEBER. Witnesses:

O. E. EDWARDS, Jr., H. RODZINSKY.

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